Obama Proposes $800 Million in Aid for Islamic Spring Countries

Egyptian security forces fire tear gas toward protesters at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo in 2010. (AP)

It figures. The Obama Administration will give $800 million in aid to Islamic Spring countries. Egypt, Tunisia and Libya are all now ruled by Islamist parties since internal revolutions last year.
Reuters reported, via Free Republic:

The White House announced plans on Monday to help “Arab Spring” countries swept by revolutions with more than $800 million in economic aid, while maintaining U.S. military aid to Egypt.

In his annual budget message to Congress, President Barack Obama asked that military aid to Egypt be kept at the level of recent years — $1.3 billion — despite a crisis triggered by an Egyptian probe targeting American democracy activists.

The proposals are part of Obama’s budget request for fiscal year 2013, which begins October 1. His requests need the approval of Congress, where some lawmakers want to cut overseas spending to address U.S. budget shortfalls and are particularly angry at Egypt.

Obama proposed $51.6 billion in funding for the U.S. State Department and foreign aid overall, when $8.2 billion in assistance to war zones is included. The “core budget” for the category would increase by 1.6 percent, officials said.

Most of the economic aid for the Arab Spring countries — $770 million — would go to establish a new “Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund,” the president said in his budget plan.

Analysts said it was difficult to tell how much of the proposal was actually new money.

#1 February 13, 2012 at 1:12 pm
pink tie Republican commented:

Just supporting his peeps, even if it is treason, who will call him on it?
#2 February 13, 2012 at 1:15 pm
dwd commented:

NO
#3 February 13, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Hoser commented:

Welp, he just got the Al Qeada vote.
#4 February 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm
#1AMERICAN commented:

well I see the mooslime POS is at it again….give money to youe mool=slime brothers…take money from the americans…hussein you are just another robin hood…time for your skinny black A$$ to cease and desist with the destruction of america…good riddance you little piss ant
#5 February 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Stephana commented:

Tell the islamists to sell their antiquities. Get there cash that way. I always wanted some real antiques. It sure would be better than having the animals smash all of that stuff.
#6 February 13, 2012 at 1:30 pm
tommy mc donnell commented:

contact your congress reps. tell them to oppose this. these are plenty of people in the united states that need this money, like all those out of work union members.
#7 February 13, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:

In his annual budget message to Congress, President Barack Obama asked that military aid to Egypt be kept at the level of recent years — $1.3 billion…

Money doesn’t buy the friendship of potential adversaries. It only makes the person attempting the bribe look foolish, and looking foolish in the eyes of those potential enemies is a recipe for trouble.
#8 February 13, 2012 at 1:42 pm
#1AMERICAN commented:

@#6….agree but not with giving money to union thugs….AMERICANS yes…but not union thugs
#9 February 13, 2012 at 1:46 pm
bg commented:

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i seriously believe that Ron Paul is in the race to help Obama win..

when it comes to foreign policy & OWS, Ron Paul is to the left of Obama..

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#10 February 13, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Adi commented:

All of it will go to the Muslim Brotherhood, just like the “aid” for Egypt.
#11 February 13, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Stuart commented:

How ridiculous is this? Sometimes I think that I died and was reincarnated on Bizarro World.
Hey Obozo while you are at it why don’t you give Iran some plutonium cores for their “peaceful” atomic energy program.
#12 February 13, 2012 at 1:50 pm
bg commented:

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Syrians are being slaughtered, outright slaughtered by Assad et al..

this will not bode well for US up the road, as Obama has about the
samo samo in mind for US, as he is bound and determined to crush
freedom in America no matter what it takes, and he is succeeding..

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#13 February 13, 2012 at 1:58 pm
mg4us commented:

I used to say Obama was Inexperienced, Inept and Incompetent. . but this tops the cake. .his is willful and malignant and radical too. . .

November 2012. .time to take our country back. . .and Restore our Constitution!
#14 February 13, 2012 at 2:08 pm
gee! commented:

He’s gearing-up for re-election……………..giving money to muslimbrothers …………money that will be scent-back for his re-election………..Real slick………..con………..just sayin
#15 February 13, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Molon Labe commented:

Morepayoffs to his posse.
#16 February 13, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Mitch Rapp commented:

Nothing like having a Corrupt Administration who could care less about the USA. Even Carter could not have gone this far off the reservation
#17 February 13, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Gary commented:

Molon Labe#15

Then why are you planning on voting for Obama?

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/02/romney-shuts-down-hecklers-at-maine-town-hall-event-video/
(comment 14)

True colors shine through. I love it.
Molon labe likes to challenge everybody else’s conservatism and call names like it was the schoolyard, but here you have it in his own words.

He won’t simply stay home in protest on election day, making it one vote easier for Obama to win, but rather will proactively go out and vote Obama (to spite Romney apparently!).

Molon Labe your conservative creds are revoked. Please stop posting on this conservative blog.
#18 February 13, 2012 at 2:30 pm
bg commented:

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re; all now ruled by Islamist parties since internal revolutions last year.

please, get a clue.

they were all Islamic dictatorship countries to begin with..

why do you their people are literally dying to be free??

why do you think Obama is doing all he possibly
can to keep the masses under Islamist thumb??

i’ll tell you why, because it will be a lot easier for him to not only bring
Sharia here.. but keep US under his thumb w/out “freedom” breaking
loose throughout the Middle East..

[disclaimer: Sharia is already here, look it up, get
informed, opinions mean crap compared to reality]

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#19 February 13, 2012 at 2:31 pm
bg commented:

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Gary #17 February 13, 2012 at 2:26 pm

Y A W N

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#20 February 13, 2012 at 2:55 pm
BlackBush commented:

BG time to wake up. Keep voting in your RHINO republi-cants. This slime we have now will win again because of these moron candidates the reps have. Dr P is our only hope. Mmmkay Obi-wan?
#21 February 13, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Gary commented:

bg
Yawn all you like.
This guy’s been on here for the last couple of weeks calling me every name in the book because I, without every making the argument that Romney is any kind of conservative, simply made the point that is the most likely person to win the nomination and the most likely to beat Obama.

Now he has exposed his true sentiments that he plans to vote for Obama if Romney wins (which is all but certain).

So side with an Obama voter if you like.

I intend to post that link every time Molon Labe posts.
People should place his comments in the proper context, namely those of the ultimate hypocrite.
#22 February 13, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:

…simply made the point that is the most likely person to win the nomination and the most likely to beat Obama.

The fact that the various left-leaning media mouthpieces are so obviously pumping up Romney by portraying him as inevitable, or the front-runner, etc etc is a sure indicator that he’s who they want to be on the ballot in November. Why? Because Romney is the one person that Obama CAN beat, and that’s because the base doesn’t particularly care for the guy. It’s really that simple.

I say can, and not will, because there’s still ample time for Obie to keep shooting his own feet.
#23 February 13, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Mad Hatter commented:

Obama and the Muslims,

Just a few things,

He supports the Mega Mosque near Ground Zero.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/president-obama-supports-building-mosque-ground/story?id=11401964

He is using NASA as a Muslim outreach.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/06/nasa-official-walks-claim-muslim-outreach-foremost-mission/

Obama and the $100 million to the terrorist group Hamas.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/08/wth-us-gives-100-million-to-hamas-controlled-gaza/

Obama fires a U.S. General for criticizing a Muslim.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/04/us-general-fired-for-verbal-attack-on-karzai/?test=latestnews

Obama punishes U.S. General that’s critical of Islam.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/update-cair-applauds-west-point-prayer-breakfast-withdrawal-of-general-critical-of-islam/

Obama downplays Ft. Hood terrorist attack by Muslim as work place violence.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/06/military-growing-terrorist-target-lawmakers-warn/

Obama orders Taliban leaders released from Gitmo.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/03/taliban-leaders-guantanamo-bay-deal

“Islamist-supporters infiltrate Obama Admin to subvert US security,” reveals ex-CIA’er, Clare Lopez.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQf20ep5BxU&feature=player_embedded

And of course, how could we forget Obama’s famous “slip”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKQhkh8xhE0

Any questions?
#24 February 13, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Gary commented:

Blacque

I agree.
Anybody who really cares about setting the record straight will see my numerous posts about this system that keeps handing us a Rino in virtually every election in the past 100 years (only notable exceptions being Goldwater and Reagan).

So, no, I’m not thrilled about it either, but that’s who it is.
As for Gingrich and Santorum. Santorum is fairly consistently conservative, I’ll definitely grant you that. So why are not more conservatives behind him? Why has he consistently polled around 10% the entire race? All of us are here railing at the MSM handing us the candidate, but where is the groundswell for a true conservative?
And Gingrich. Forget it. If you think he can beat Obama, I fundamentally disagree. He has a million sound bytes calling himself everything from Socrates and Plato to a “Wilsonian” to the “Rockefeller state chair” (which he really was) and praising FDR as the greatest president of the 20th century. Never mind his personal life nightmare. Obama’s team are drooling at the chance to run against Newt. And people think Newt will mop the floor with Obama in a debate. What debate? At most Obama will debate twice, and both times he’ll be propped up by the moderators and have a stacked deck cheering in the audience.
It simply won’t happen.
Well, that’s my view, anyway.
And that’s the only reason I’ve come out at last to support Romney (which all conservatives will ultimately have to do if they want to defeat Obama in November).
#25 February 13, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Gary commented:

Blacque
just one more thought.

Maybe, just maybe, some of the MSM are pumping up Romney because the WH internal polls show him winning in November, and they want us to reject Romney and go with Newt or Santorum.
It isn’t like the MSM is unaware how Conservatives feel about them. And it isn’t like they’ve never done anything with an agenda before. What would before. W hat would be more obviuos than pumping up the guy they think they can beat. So just maybe it goes deeper.

At any rate, Real Clear Politics has yet to show a poll from any source where Newt or Santorum either one beats Obama. Not one.
#26 February 13, 2012 at 4:50 pm
bg commented:

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Gary #24 February 13, 2012 at 3:34 pm

more like they’re pumping up the polls..

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#27 February 13, 2012 at 4:52 pm
bg commented:

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Gary #21 February 13, 2012 at 2:58 pm

go ahead, stomp your foot, cry, throw a tantrum, no skin off my back..

also doubt ML gives bats guano about such childish pranks either..

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#28 February 13, 2012 at 5:01 pm
bg commented:

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Gary #21 February 13, 2012 at 2:58 pm

btw, and jmho, but there are other things one could go after ML
about, like lame name calling just for lame name callings sake..

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#29 February 13, 2012 at 5:32 pm
theadmiral commented:

Somehow I suspect much of this cash will wind up back in ObaMao’s campaign coffers……
#30 February 13, 2012 at 6:17 pm
regularguy commented:

I’d say send the money, provided each and every one of the mohammedans of each country convert to Christianity.
#33 February 13, 2012 at 8:53 pm
freedom_AZ commented:

So much for fixing our infrastructure, creating jobs, or any other help for Americans who are paying the tab. This government has truly gone off the rails. Help Americans first, then maybe we can look at helping others, but I would put our friends before our enemies.
#35 February 15, 2012 at 11:09 am
1RedBeard commented:

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